‘Disaster’ on a Frigid Morning

A “disaster” awaited firefighters on the coldest morning of the season in Putnam County.
At 8 a.m. Sunday with the air temperature at 19 degrees and wind chills below zero, two dozen members of the Patterson, Carmel, Lake Carmel and Brewster Fire Departments arrived at the Patterson Highway Department off Cornwall Hill Road.

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